Just A Heads Up About The Bonus Credit Weekend

(Melinder) #1

So a bonus Credit event went live yesterday, said to last for the entirety of the weekend, granting a bonus of 50% to the base Credit earn rate.

What myself and a few others noticed, namely @K1X455, is that the bonus isn’t being applied to the Credit earn rate, as seen below.

How the system should work

  • 12 Credits per minute base rate
  • +30% base earn rate for winning the match
  • +20% base earn rate for placing #1 in the match
  • +50% base rate as per the event

Note: the 30% & 20% bonuses are added together before being applied to the base earn rate.
Note 2.0: The 20% bonus for score placement in the match scales downward linearly.

Match Results

  • 30% + 20% = 50% | [Winning bonus] + [#1 bonus] = [overall bonus]
  • 12 x 1.5 = 18 | [Base rate] x [Above calculation] = [18 credits/minute]
  • 18 x 1.5 = 27 | [18 credits/minute] x [50% from event] = [27 credits/minute]

From a full-length, 15 minute match, I would expect to receive 15 x 27 (15 minutes x 27 Credits/minute) worth of Credits, which equates to 405 total Credits. As seen in the image above, I only received 272.

If we remove the expected bonuses from the event, seen in the third line of the equation, the base earn rate is 18 Credits/minute. 15 x 18 (15 minutes x 18 Credits/minute) equates to 270, which is basically what I received from that match.

In addition to this, the 50% bonus received through playing Ranked matches is also not working, as seen below.

Match Results

As with the previous example, my team won the match, and I placed first in terms of score, therefore I receive a total of +50% to my base Credit earn rate. From the above calculations, we have established that 18 Credits/minute is the base earn rate without the supposed Ranked 50% bonus, and of course without the 50% from the event. With the Ranked bonus, we should expect 27 Credits/minute, therefore:

10 x 27 = 270 | [10 minutes] x [27 Credits/minute] = [270 total Credits].

Though, as seen in the link above, I only received 180 Credits, meaning that the Ranked bonus is not working either.

(Xenithos) #2

Insightful, though there is one thing. I believe double credit weekends actually affect the BASE earn rate, so instead of 12, you receive 24 a minute. So it’s REALLY off if it isn’t working. (which it isn’t according to your image…)

Where’d you get THAT formula?
Edit: Not a double, only a 50% credit weekend. Still looking into this.

(Melinder) #3

@Xenithos said:
Insightful, though there is one thing. I believe double credit weekends actually affect the BASE earn rate, so instead of 12, you receive 24 a minute. So it’s REALLY off if it isn’t working. (which it isn’t according to your image…)

Where’d you get THAT formula?

I wasn’t entirely sure whether event bonuses are calculated first or last, though I assumed last as it’s sort of an “addition” to what you already received, you get what I mean? Sort of like when some rich guy says “I will double whatever the total comes to” in a charity event.

As for the formula, it’s something I worked out quite a long time ago. It was also made public by SD themselves quite a while back, which I used to confirm my own formula. I looked at a few online sources before posting this just to be sure, and it appears to check out.

Edit: So I just did some quick maffs (man’s not hot), and found that whether you add the event bonus first or last, the end result is always the same, even if it’s a double credit event.

@Xenithos said:
Still looking into this.
Don’t worry, I’m just as skeptical of my work as you are.

(Xenithos) #4

@Melinder said:

@Xenithos said:
Insightful, though there is one thing. I believe double credit weekends actually affect the BASE earn rate, so instead of 12, you receive 24 a minute. So it’s REALLY off if it isn’t working. (which it isn’t according to your image…)

Where’d you get THAT formula?

I wasn’t entirely sure whether event bonuses are calculated first or last, though I assumed last as it’s sort of an “addition” to what you already received, you get what I mean? Sort of like when some rich guy says “I will double whatever the total comes to” in a charity event.

As for the formula, it’s something I worked out quite a long time ago. It was also made public by SD themselves quite a while back, which I used to confirm my own formula. I looked at a few online sources before posting this just to be sure, and it appears to check out.

Edit: So I just did some quick maffs (man’s not hot), and found that whether you add the event bonus first or last, the end result is always the same, even if it’s a double credit event.

@Xenithos said:
Still looking into this.
Don’t worry, I’m just as skeptical of my work as you are.

That’s why I said I was still looking into it, ended up shooting them a tweet a half hour ago after finishing a match and not really seeing the numbers right either.

(Melinder) #5

@Xenithos said:

@Melinder said:

@Xenithos said:
Insightful, though there is one thing. I believe double credit weekends actually affect the BASE earn rate, so instead of 12, you receive 24 a minute. So it’s REALLY off if it isn’t working. (which it isn’t according to your image…)

Where’d you get THAT formula?

I wasn’t entirely sure whether event bonuses are calculated first or last, though I assumed last as it’s sort of an “addition” to what you already received, you get what I mean? Sort of like when some rich guy says “I will double whatever the total comes to” in a charity event.

As for the formula, it’s something I worked out quite a long time ago. It was also made public by SD themselves quite a while back, which I used to confirm my own formula. I looked at a few online sources before posting this just to be sure, and it appears to check out.

Edit: So I just did some quick maffs (man’s not hot), and found that whether you add the event bonus first or last, the end result is always the same, even if it’s a double credit event.

@Xenithos said:
Still looking into this.
Don’t worry, I’m just as skeptical of my work as you are.

That’s why I said I was still looking into it, ended up shooting them a tweet a half hour ago after finishing a match and not really seeing the numbers right either.

Yea, probably the best place to get in contact with them. I posted this here as more of a heads up for those who only use the Official Forums, and tend not to venture off into the other forums.

(GatoCommodore) #6

@Melinder said:

@Xenithos said:

@Melinder said:

@Xenithos said:
Insightful, though there is one thing. I believe double credit weekends actually affect the BASE earn rate, so instead of 12, you receive 24 a minute. So it’s REALLY off if it isn’t working. (which it isn’t according to your image…)

Where’d you get THAT formula?

I wasn’t entirely sure whether event bonuses are calculated first or last, though I assumed last as it’s sort of an “addition” to what you already received, you get what I mean? Sort of like when some rich guy says “I will double whatever the total comes to” in a charity event.

As for the formula, it’s something I worked out quite a long time ago. It was also made public by SD themselves quite a while back, which I used to confirm my own formula. I looked at a few online sources before posting this just to be sure, and it appears to check out.

Edit: So I just did some quick maffs (man’s not hot), and found that whether you add the event bonus first or last, the end result is always the same, even if it’s a double credit event.

@Xenithos said:
Still looking into this.
Don’t worry, I’m just as skeptical of my work as you are.

That’s why I said I was still looking into it, ended up shooting them a tweet a half hour ago after finishing a match and not really seeing the numbers right either.

Yea, probably the best place to get in contact with them. I posted this here as more of a heads up for those who only use the Official Forums, and tend not to venture off into the other forums.

is reddit or twitter on pitchfork mode?

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(Nail) #7

please learn math, it actually is important in life

all boosts are on BASE credit ie: 12/min

(Nail) #8

wtf is your problem @nokill ?

(Melinder) #9

@Nail

Maaate. If everything is applied to the base rate, then the maximum in shoe’s example would be 30/minute not 36/minute.

(nokiII) #10

@Nail said:
wtf is your problem @nokill ?

You insult peoples intelligence without understanding the problem or helping, also it doesn’t matter when a 1.5x multiplier is applied in the credit earn rate calculation, as long as you do the match win and scoreboard bonuses additive before multiplying with the base rate.

(Mc1412013) #11

Its a great time to use them credit boosters colecting dust

(Teflon Love) #12

@Mc1412013 said:
Its a great time to use them credit boosters colecting dust

Credit boosters just add 50% again, so it’s 200%, not 225% (which would be the result of adding 50% of 150%). The total boosted credits over time will be same, whether you add the boosters later or now.

(Mc1412013) #13

@teflonlove said:

@Mc1412013 said:
Its a great time to use them credit boosters colecting dust

Credit boosters just add 50% again, so it’s 200%, not 225% (which would be the result of adding 50% of 150%). The total boosted credits over time will be same, whether you add the boosters later or now.

200% is way better than 100%

(Teflon Love) #14

@Mc1412013 said:

@teflonlove said:

@Mc1412013 said:
Its a great time to use them credit boosters colecting dust

Credit boosters just add 50% again, so it’s 200%, not 225% (which would be the result of adding 50% of 150%). The total boosted credits over time will be same, whether you add the boosters later or now.

200% is way better than 100%

200% for 12 hours is the same as 150% for 16 hours.

(Nail) #15

@nokiII said:

@Nail said:
wtf is your problem @nokill ?

You insult peoples intelligence without understanding the problem or helping, also it doesn’t matter when a 1.5x multiplier is applied in the credit earn rate calculation, as long as you do the match win and scoreboard bonuses additive before multiplying with the base rate.

it DOES matter when multiplyers are applied, this is why I POLITELY asked people to learn math

(Melinder) #16

@Nail go on then.

(Mc1412013) #17

@teflonlove said:

@Mc1412013 said:

@teflonlove said:

@Mc1412013 said:
Its a great time to use them credit boosters colecting dust

Credit boosters just add 50% again, so it’s 200%, not 225% (which would be the result of adding 50% of 150%). The total boosted credits over time will be same, whether you add the boosters later or now.

200% is way better than 100%

200% for 12 hours is the same as 150% for 16 hours.

Its still a win thats 4 hours i saved for family time lol

(Nail) #18

what part of go learn escapes you ?

(Melinder) #19

@Nail said:
what part of go learn escapes you ?

Enlighten us. You seem to know when an event boost is applied, so please make us aware.

(Nail) #20

meh